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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Grift follows a crew of orphaned teenage con artists living in
Las Vegas. Piper, the main character, masquerades as a prostitute to con
rich men. Unlike the others, she must split her time between hustling
and raising her younger sister Sophie. Disaster strikes when Sophie gets
kidnapped by the Las Vegas mafia, and the crew must rally to piece
together the ransom money before the clock runs out.

Jason Mosberg lives in Los Angeles where he works as a
screenwriter. He has optioned several feature screenplays to independent
financiers. He wrote his first novel Grift while staying in
cheap hotel rooms in Las Vegas. When he’s not writing, Jason can be
found playing soccer, walking, and over analyzing everything.
Having grown up in Delaware, Jason attended Wake Forest
University before he lit out for the west coast. His top five TV shows
of all time are The Wire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, and
Twin Peaks.
His one vice is claw machines.

Guest Post from Jason Mosberg:

10 Things That Make Grift Stand Out As A YA Novel

It is dark! Piper, the main character, is an orphan who
masquerades as a high-class escort to con men. Just from that, you can
get a sense that this isn’t your regular YA novel.

As dark as it is, it’s also fun. Just check out the book’s tagline: A Neon Noir.

The side characters are memorable. The other grifters include a
tourist-hustling pool shark, a sleight of hand magician turned
pickpocket, and card-counting genius. Because they’re all orphans and
runaways, they’re suffering from various abandonment issues, which make
for rich, deep characters.

The antagonist is one scary dude. Charlie Moses is a desperate, powerful mafia kingpin who will do anything to make money.

The setting is fantastic. While the characters will be relatable
through their emotions, relationships, and conflicts, the setting
really helps give the story a larger-than-life element. These young
adults live the high life in this amazing penthouse in a city nicknamed
“America’s Playground.” Relative to other young adults, they’re flush
with cash. They get to experience the greatest shows on the planet:
bands, comedians, plays, circuses, magicians, sporting events.They meet
other teens in the young Vegas social scene (which mostly consists of
UNLV students). They basically inhabit some 21st century teenage version of Neverland.

There are a ton of twists and turns. Just when you think you’ve guessed what’s going to happen, guess again.

The protagonist is morally ambiguous. Piper’s actions always
seem to inhabit that fascinating middle ground that sits in between
right and wrong.

The story is very cinematic. Actually, I first came up with the
idea of Grift as a movie. I wrote many screenplays before writing my
first novel, and Grift definitely has a cinematic quality.

It balances characters and thrills. I wanted Grift to be a book
that has rich, complex characters with deep backstories, but also be a
page-turner.

Despite it being a dark book where various tragedies occur, don’t worry; it has a happy ending! Or maybe I’m just conning you…

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